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Ch. 2 Test Review: Egypt and Western Asia
Ch. 2 Test Review: Egypt and Western Asia
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1
What are the “ten lost tribes”?
the “Sea Peoples”
ten cities
Egyptian traders
scattered Israelite tribes
2
Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which
often rotted causing illness
caused overpopulation
produced inflation
eneabled civilization to emerge
3
Around 2340 B.C., Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians,
established the world’s first city-states
choked to death on a piece of beef
overran Paris, the largest city in the world
set up the first empire in world history.
4
TRUE OR FALSE: The first great king of the Israelites was Saul.
False
True
5
TRUE OR FALSE: The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
False
True
6
Which Egyptian god is associated with resurrection?
Isis
Osiris
Seth
Atum
7
The history of Egypt begins around 3100 B.C., when
a volcano at Giza erupted.
the Nile River flooded.
the first pyramid collapsed.
Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt.
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“Mesopotamia” means The land...
between two rivers
above the sea
inside the valley
near the desert
9
Modern historians havedivided Egyptian history into three major periods
old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom
osiris, isis,axum
twilight, breaking dawn, oh please god make it stop!
super, old, old, young
10
The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that it
it was monotheistic
it believed in no higher power whatsoever
it believed in reincarnation
it was polytheistic
11
TRUE OR FALSE: The Hittites were the first people to use iron.
False
True
12
What is the importance of the Phoenician alphabet?
basis for English alphabet
first alphabet to use words
could be read backwards
had capital letters
13
Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used
only by the nobles as a way of communicating with the gods
by peasants, who were too uneducated to read.
by the blind, as a type of braille.
for business transactions, and the needs of daily life.
14
The first
empire
in world history was the ____ Empire.
Eskimo
British
Sumerian
Akkadian
15
The invention of cuneiform is credited to
the Spanish
the Phoenicians
the Sumerians
Odysseus
16
Hammurabi is remembered for
overthrowing the Akkadian empire
inventing the first bicycle
creating the first post office
his law code, a collection of 282 laws
17
Unlike the leaders of other religions of the time, Jewish prophets
were believed to be directly descended from God
often gave up their beliefs
could not claim they alone knew the will of God
were required to burn the sacred texts
18
A theocracy is a government in which
a council of elders makes all the laws
the military ruled the people.
only women could rule.
leaders rule by divine authority.
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TRUE OR FALSE: Hammurabi based his rule on a system of strict justice.
True
False
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TRUE OR FALSE: When Israel divided into two kingdoms, they had an equal number of "tribes."
False
True
